LBI Media reports that net revenues were up 9.4 percent in the second quarter, to $30.7 million, driven largely by gains in the Estrella TV segment. Radio was down 1.7 percent, to $16.4 million, in the quarter. |
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Westwood One will continue to distribute "NBC News Radio" and Meet the Press under a new multi-year agreement. New NBC News products for radio are also planned. |
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Perennial leader Geico takes the top slot in Media Monitors' list of top national advertisers for the week of August 9-15, with 49,988 spots on the air. Home Depot is number two, with 29,725. |
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Radio One has once again extended its previously announced note exchange offer, this time to August 30, while it negotiates with a group of note holders on the exchange's terms. |
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Cox Radio adds a 24-hour FM simulcast for News/Talk WSB-AM/Atlanta, flipping Rhythmic WBTS at noon Monday. Cox/Atlanta VP of Radio Ops Dan Kearney said "significant ratings growth" is expected with the change. The former 95-5 the Beat goes music-only, online and as the HD2 channel for Classic Hits WSRV. |
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KGOL/Houston flips to Spanish-language Sports as an affiliate of ESPN Deportes Radio. The Entravision station is operated under an LMA by Texas Radio Holdings. |
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S-R Broadcasting's KRKO-AM/Everett, WA, is rebuilding its towers, the Snohomish News reports. Two of the station's four towers were pulled down by vandals nearly a year ago. |
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The iAds mobile platform launched in June, but Apple's "tight control over the creative process" is slowing progress, says the Wall Street Journal. |
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Pandora ups Ian Geller to VP of business development, managing relationships with mobile operators, OEMs, and consumer electronics makers. Geller rises from director of business development. |
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